The document provides a preliminary evaluation of the quality of various aspects of a group filmmaking task. It notes that while the quality of holding shots steady, framing shots, mise-en-scène, positioning of actors, and use of appropriate shooting material were quite successful, the group needs to improve the quality of editing to make the meaning apparent to viewers. It also notes issues with group planning and organization that need to be addressed for future tasks. Strategies proposed to improve include using a tripod, refining shot selection, applying editing techniques learned, and improving group scheduling and meetings.

1. PRELIMINARY EVALUATION SHEET
Quality of Summary My honest evaluation- what Strategies put forward to
was done well and what was make sure a high quality is
not of good standard? Try to maintained.
cite specific example and
moments from your video
Quality of holding a shot The quality of holding a For our real coursework, we
steady camera steadily throughout will be using a tripod where
our preliminary task was necessary to make sure that
quite successful. However, the effect completely
as we held our camera corresponds to our chosen
completely by ourselves, the genre.
steadiness was not as
successful as we would
have liked it to be overall.
For films such as the Blair
Witch Project where handi-
cam was used, this would
not be a problem but as our
task was set in an office, the
effect did not quite work.
Quality of the framing shots The quality of the framing We will make sure that all of
shots were again quite our shots are chosen
successful. I would however correctly and perhaps try
say that there was aspects other shots to see which one
in the filming where some fits the filming and set the
shots were not appropriate best.
such as when we used a
close of both characters on
more than one occasion.
Quality of shooting material The shooting material we As this was successful, we
appropriate to the task set- used was very appropriate. will continue to apply the
i.e. the content of your film As a group, we set up an same techniques as we found
pre and post editing was office based setting with a that as a group our order and
consistent with the exam desk and chairs in which it material was extremely
directives allowed two people to have appropriate.
a continuous conversation. Where the editing is
The editing however was concerned, we have now
initially harder than what we identified how to thoroughly
had originally thought. This cut shots that we need and
meant that we had a few due to learning from our
cases of too much cutting preliminary task, we hope
which affected the quality that we will not have this

2. and flow of our preliminary experience again.
task.
Quality of selecting mise-en- As previously mentioned, Similarly to above, we hope
scène including colour, figure, the mise en scene that we to continue to use the same
lighting, objects and setting; selected was extremely aspects and attributes that
successful. This is because we have used. As a group,
of the desk and chairs this was one of that main
alongside pens and paper things that were extremely
that made the setting look successful.
like an office. The lighting
we did not change as the
lights where we filmed the
task were perfect and bright
like a natural office setting.
Quality of editing so that Our editing was at an As this was not the most
meaning is apparent to the average standard, as we successful part of our
viewer had not thoroughly learnt the preliminary task, we have
techniques we needed to now experienced the full
apply. Due to this, we understanding of editing and
ended up cutting too much are going to apply our best
of the filming and it ended editor to the job to gain
looking a bit rough around maximum marks.
the edges.
Quality of using sound with The sound was all diagetic, The fact that we did not have
images and editing and we did not add any non-diagetic sound did
appropriately for the task set; other sound to alter this actually work with out
perception. preliminary task but for our
real film, we will use this
sound attribute to add a
better effect to things such as
our titles and headings.
Quality of positioning and The positioning of We hope to continue to do
movements of actors characters was again this and act appropriately
successful as we could towards this task again in
clearly see who was talking relation to our final piece of
and who played the role of coursework.
the ‘doctor’ in the scenario.
Quality of group planning, Our group planning was not We will make a table for our
meeting targets, organization as appropriate as it could real task of when every
have been as some of us member of the group is free
were not there when the to ensure that everyone will

3. filming took place due to not be committed and be
recognising when everyone involved in every part of the
was free. task.
Group dynamics i.e. how did Overall, our group did work As mentioned, for our real
your group work together well together but we learnt piece of coursework, we will
that there were many things be a lot more organized and
we needed to improve such have meetings to ensure that
as techniques specific to everything works accordingly
editing and free timing of all and around our task.
the group members.
Other points of evaluation Finally, we did learn a lot
( e.g. equipment related etc) from this task and many
ways on how to improve for
our real film.